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HANSARDEngagementsI am used to breasting applause from Labour audiences, particularly since, unlike the Leader of the Opposition, we are actually devoted to delivering on the mandate of those…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am a democrat, because I not only want to respect the will of the people in the referendum but want to have an election—or I am willing to have an election—if the terrible Bill…04 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitI am afraid I do not agree with what the right hon. Lady said about no deal. As I said on the steps of Downing Street, I think there will be bumps on the road, but this is a very…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitThe sad truth is that there are many Members in this House, I am afraid including the right hon. Gentleman, who simply want to block Brexit. That is the truth. That is the…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitActually, as I told my right hon. Friend this morning, Chancellor Merkel was making an elementary point, which is that we could easily do a deal within 30 days, and we certainly…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitMay I invite the hon. Lady to listen to the Chancellor’s spending review statement tomorrow? If she is seriously opposing this spending on schools, hospitals and police when it is…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitI can certainly confirm that we will be out of the common fisheries policy by 2020. We will take back control of our fisheries—unlike the Scottish National party, which, in a…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitAs the hon. Lady would imagine, the proper processes were gone through to ensure that we were able to announce a Queen’s Speech. Opposition Members have been calling for a Queen’s…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitI think my hon. Friend can take it that what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitI will tell you why, Mr Speaker. It is because the alternative is more delay, more chaos, more confusion and uncertainty for British business, and the infinite protraction of UK…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitMy hon. Friend is completely right. We need time to get this deal over the line. The crucial summit will be on 17 October—that is when the deal is generally expected to be…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitThe hon. Lady has been very valiant on this issue for many years, and I support and agree with her. After 45 years of EU membership—the institution has changed radically since the…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitMy right hon. Friend puts his finger on the issue. If we fail to deliver Brexit, we risk incurring a fatal lack of trust not just in the major parties—in all parties—but in our…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitI thank the hon. Lady, and I know she has been a long-standing campaigner for peace in Northern Ireland. However, I must respectfully say to her that, actually, it is the backstop…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitI thank my hon. Friend for everything she has done, both on the development front and in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to champion female education around the world. I…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitI am grateful to my hon. Friend. We are indeed, as I said at the G7—if my memory serves me correctly, we are making a contribution of another £1.4 billion to the green climate…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitI do not comment on leaks. Even if I did, I have got no idea, quite frankly. I think it is highly unlikely.03 Sept 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Let there be no doubt about the consequences of this vote tonight. It means that Parliament is on the brink of wrecking any deal that we might be…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitI have no doubt that we will continue bilateral arrangements with our EU friends to ensure that both of our populations are protected, but I am glad that the hon. Gentleman gives…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitWe promised the people that we would get Brexit done. We promised to respect the result of the referendum, and we must do so now. Enough is enough. The country wants this done and…03 Sept 2019